Back Story

A British company, known as "Commonwealth Defence", commonly known as "CD", was set up by a few high ranking Vault-Tec employes and scientists and a handful of British scientists. The company was set up just after the complete and total collapse of the UN. England, knowing their size and current conflicts with the Middle East, expected a nuclear response. Despite the economic state Britain was in, they funded CD and gave them permission to built ten of their experimental vaults. The construction of the ten vaults started in late July, 2052. Due to the lack of resoucres, the vaults took a far longer time to complete than the American ones and in the cases of Vault E-8 through to E-10, were finished to late. Although, these vaults had no secret intentions behind them, expect one. Vault E-7. It was programmed to open thirty years after a nuclear bomb landed in England. It was located deep underground in the East Midlands, close to the city of Nottingham. Being the last vault to be successfully completed, it was the most advanced by far. The overseer, Charles Menhown (NPC) had no idea of this opening, nor did any of the other people within the vault. The vault was big enough to hold five hundred people, but due to the general disbelief of a possible nuclear war, only twenty of those places were filled. The vault was closed, 2070 December 25th, 01:00am GMT. Christmas eve...

The date is now 2100, December 24th, midnight. In exactly one hour (RP time, not real-time). The solid titanium and lead door of Vault E-7 once again open...

Roleplay Information

Yes. Most of the storyline is infact non-canon, but I thought it'd just be interesting to move it away from America and hopefully try and stop people's urge to do generic Fallout roleplays. Any problems with the storyline? Feel free to PM me, I won't bite your head off, I promise.

Alright. I'm going to laydown a few ground rules;

1) No Godmodding.
E.G. NewbieMaster notices a man several hundred miles in the distance with his supa-man vision. Taking his BB-Gun from his back he fires a shot with deadly accuracy. The small plastic bullet causes a nuclear explosions...Blah blah.
Remember: Godmodding doesn't have to be as severe as this!

2) No power-playing
E.G. NewbieMaster says hello to SmellyJohn, who replies.
Power-playing is when you control someone else's character without their permission
Remember: You can powerplay NPCs, as long as it's believable

3) No MetaGaming
E.G. NewbieMaster screeches to the Vault residents "Don't go out there! There will be several mutated Humans whom will have rifles and guns!"
Don't RP knowledge you shouldn't have.

4) No starting with weapons
If you want a weapon, by all means, get one...But no randomly finding a 10mm pistol in your bathtub. The first person to register as a Vault Security Officer (which won't be me) will have a key to the armoury and may give out security armour and pistols. Pipes, table legs and such forth can be gathered by...Well, is it that hard?

5) The population of the Vault will NOT be mass murders and psychopaths
Please people. If you want to make a fun character please, do so. But don't be so cliche. Such as a silent man who kills without a trace. And everyone can't have weapons training. In England, no many people own a gun, let alone shoot one on a regular basis. Besides, characters that are weak and puny can be fun to RP, especially as they grow.

6) No racism, discrimination or swearing
This rule speaks for itself. Not only is it against the forum's rules, but it's also just not very pleasant and unnessecary. If you want to swear, too bad. Not swearing whatsoever.
E.G. NewbieMaster yells, "Holy Jebus, look at that...Rock?"

7) OOC
If you wish to be OOC, use (( OOC TEXT HERE)), but keep it to a low.

8) Last one! No characters from the games/people in real life
No, we aren't going to come across Moira Brown or Gordon Brown (thank god, or I'd have the urge to strangle him). For starters, Moira is in America and for all we know, she's dead (oh...Please be true) and by now, Gordon Brown is probably dead too.

Character Creation

Name: First and last name please, nothing stupid. Keep it realistic
Gender: Male or female?
Age: From around fourteen to sixty. No babies or ancients.
Personality Description: Are they defiant and rebellious? Or perhaps they're a timid flower.
Physical Description: Tall, small. Thin, fat. Muscular...Not muscular? Clothes will be a Vault E-7 jumpsuit (except for officer man)
Background Story: Tell us a bit about what your character was like in the vault
Skills: No, not like Fallout 3 skills. I mean lifeskills. Perhaps your character is a good cook or maybe a good speaker?

Enjoy.

Sorry for the double post.

Name: Ryan Connel
Gender: Male
Age: Thirty Four
Personality Description:
- Has a stutter;
- Rather shy;
- Takes orders;

Physical Description:
- Around six foot;
- A bit on the skinny side;
- Vault E-7 technican jumpsuit;
- Scruffy brown hair;
- Dark green eyes;

Background Story: Ryan was four when he entered the Vault. He entered with his mother, but he father was in the Middle East, fighting a war. He never saw his father. Inside the vault, he was constantly bullied for his stutter and love of all things technological. His current occupation in the Vault is a technican, called out to repair whatever needs repairing.
Skills: Technical Wiz, great with PCs, brilliant handy man

You might want to change that, the rules of these forums apply -

Ah...My bad. I was sure I read something about it being possible to 'star' it out, but there it is. Thank you.

Name: Katie Rystel (Nicknamed - Crystal)
Gender: Female
Age: Twenty
Personality Description:
- Fun Loving
- Kind


Physical Description:
- About 5"7
- Slim
- Vault E-7 suit
- Bright blue eyes
- Wavey brunette hair

Background Story: Born into Vault E-7 in 2080, ten years after the Vault closed. A fairly good childhood apart from always wanting to see the outside world. With nothing to do in the Vault she played a game, how long it takes to be seen. She used to sneak around and learnt to lockpick off a few books on locksmithing her father had left around. Taught at a young age some basic martial arts from her mother.

Skills: Sneaking and Lockpicking. hand to hand.

Name: Ethan Smith

Gender: Male

Age: 23

Personality Description: Jolly, loves to make others happy

Physical Description: Tall and an average build, Dark ruffled brown hair, vibrant green eyes, E-7 vault jumpsuit

Background Story: Ethan wasn't put through many hard times as a child, he quickly settled into an education and social standing, he had always set his sights on a career in medicinal work. He is still studying to work as the v vault jumpsuit ault's Doctor, he wondered for many years what it must be like on the outside and had longed to be there.

Skills: Is halfway through his medical training so he only knows the basics, likes to climb/scale things and remain active.

((OOC: sorry for the short background felt as if i could have done more ))

(( When we get one more person, or in 10 minutes, we'll start some RP. ))
(( Lets go. ))

Ryan takes ahold of the lose cable, pushing into the socket on the wall. Once more, the generic Christmas music begins to play and the multi-coloured christmas lights kick into action. Most of the advlt Vault members were in the Vault's large dinning room, enjoying the festivites. The room was full of laughter and singing, considering the amount of alcohol in the room. Apologising for pulling the cable out to his fellow residents, Ryan makes his way over to the vacant table, re-adjusting his party hat as he goes. Taking a seat, he picks up his glass of brandy and sips on it for a moment, before checking his watch. "Midnight..." He thinks.

Crystal was with some of her friends when the lights and music went out. She carried on drinking and smiled when Ryan plugged the cable back in.
She picked up another drink and laughted with her friends, pulling her party hat slightly to one side playfully. She looked over at Ryan and saw him sat alone.

"Back in a minute..." She said to her friends.

She walked over to the one manned table and swung her leg over the seat and sat down next to the table. She tilted her leg and looked at the technician.

"Come on Ryan... It's Christmas. Come and have some fun." She said, smiling at him.

Ethan took his last sip of whiskey placed the glass on the table, he was listening to a story a technician was telling about how he nearly lost his arm in one on the machines. He looked up and saw Ryan and Crystal talking, Ethan walked over and leant towards Ryan lifting up his glass "Mind if i nick some of yer brandy?" He said with a friendly grin on his face.

Ryan glanced off to his side, noticing Crystal. "Uh...H-Hi Crystal...Enjoying, t-the party?" He inquried, smiling a bit before moving his glasses up from the bottom of his nose. Then, as Ethan came closer, he then looked to him and also gave him a slight smile. "Su...Sure." He lifted his half full glass of brandy up to Ethan's and began pouring some of it into the cup.

Crystal nodded and smiled. "Yeah it's pretty good. Apart from the mishap with the cable." She smiled and ran a hand through her hair. "Only joking."
Shes stopped as Ethan came and took some of Ryan's brandy. "Don't give it all to him, he'll have to be carried back to his room like last year." Smirking at Ethan and then back to Ryan. "You should come and join us. It'll be fun."

Ethan chuckled at crystal "Yeah come on Ryan, i could use someone to lean on!".

The technican squirmed a little, he wasn't a very social person. He prefered to be alone, thinking up his next invention or how to improve the Vault even further, but he couldn't just turn a friend down. "Join...Join you w-here?" He asked, continuing to smile to her before withdrawing his brandy and drinking most of it, hoping that the liquor would help improve his confidence.

(( I might need to come off soon so... D: ))

Crystal smiled and took him by the hand. "Come on." She stood up and lead him over to where her friends are. She started talking to them and looked over at Ryan.
"So, you working on anything now? New invention or anything like that?" She took a sip of her drink and looked at him.


(( Okay =] Always tomorrow. ))

Ryan rubs the back of his head, not being much of a conversationalist. "Well...I-I managed to decrease t-the amount of ssstatic produces by our...PA sy-sytem." He swilled the remaining brandy in his glass around, before downing what was left. "H...Have you been keeping yourself busy?"

Ethan watched as the two deserted him "Fair enough" he mumbled. He stumbled towards an empty table with a bottle of whiskey and finished off the glass.

Crystal shrugged and nodded. "I try my best. I'm still under the miscellanious catagory after my test was lost. At the moment I just help move storage about abit. It's as fun as it sounds." She said, rolling her eyes. She looked over at a picture on the wall of grass and trees outside the vault. "Excuse me... I need to sit down...." She said looking at Ryan again. She swayed slightly, feeling the effects of the alcohol affecting her. She sighed and walked over to the table that Ethan was at. She sat down and leant her head in her hands.

Ethan glanced at crystal "Too much of the poison?" Ethan gave an uneven smile.

Crystal smiled, looking up again and nodding. "Just abit..." She managed to say, she sighed and leaned back in her chair. Despite feeling tipsy she raised her drink and took another swig. The music becoming a dull drone as she drunk more.

"So... Hows the party going for you?" She said leaning her chin on the palm of her hand and looking at Ethan.

"Okay i suppose, getting a bit bored to be perfectly honest". Ethan looked around as he twiddled his fingers on the glass, "What do you do anyway?" Ethan looked entrigued.

She sighed and looked around. "I'm getting bored too." She looked back at him and sighed again. "I shift boxes around storage and get things for people. Since Vault-Tec's very own GOAT test was lost afte being taken, no one knows what to do with me. They havn't even given me the chance to retake the test." She mumbled and drained the rest of her glass. "For a Vault this huge for so little people... I'm not suprised it got lost... I surpose that's why I started in storage. To try and find my fate." She pushed the glass away and looked at Ethan. "What about you... What do you do?"

"I study...medicine, not my first choice but that's the GOAT for you." Ethan shrugged at crystal. "Could be worse though, i could be shifting boxes" Ethan looked at crystal and laughed slightly. "I'm kidding of course."

Crystal giggled a little and shook her head. "Oh well. For that joke..." She took his brandy glass. "I'm gonna have some of this." With a smirk she drunk a little of the firey liquid and place the glass back down. "Any more jokes and less alcohol for you." She laughed and leaned back in her chair.

((OOC: Gonna go now, getting pretty late over here ))

(( Ok, looks like it's us three, NyA ghost who will post his biography soon and anyone else whom joins us out on the surface. ))

Ryan takes another look at his watch as he mingles with the people at the party, "Woah. Only one minute to 1, the closing of our Vault." He makes his way towards the main area of the mess hall and clambers up onto the desk via a stool. Clearing his throat, and then ordering the man behind the bar to turn to music off he begins to speak. "E...Excuse me l-ladies and gentlemen!" Most of the crowd begin to turn around to the face him, wondering what he'll say. "In around...Thirty seconds, the t-time will be exactly when our v-v-vault first shut it's door!" A few cheers erupt around the crowd along with some clapping also. "Join...Me in a count down! T-Ten..." The crowd continue this down to one, getting louder and louder as the number decreases. "Zero!" Everyone bellows, party horns going off followed by more cheering. Then suddenly, all the lights cut out, only to be replaced by the emergency lighting. After that, the warning sirens began to whirr and flash, putting people into a state of confusion. Over all the noise, a pre-recorded message plays. "Citiziens of Vault E-7, the Vault door is now opening. All doors to the Quarters have been locked shut along with the food supplies and water supplies. You will now leave Vault E-7 in an attempt to colonise the surface. Good luck." The voice fades out, before repeating itself once again but slightly quieter. A parent in the crowd yells out, "My kids! They're in my room!" She then bursts through the crowd running towards her room. An even louder sound tears through the atmosphere; that of the ancient door sliding open after thirty years of no usage. Ryan began to panic and jumped off the table, before running to the Overseer's office...

(( o; I won't do any more until you've had your chance to reply to this. ))